Bulgaria’s oldest metropolis honored as European tradition capital

January 12, 2019

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Individuals are silhouetted as they stroll within the previous city of Plovdiv, forward of the opening ceremony of Plovdiv because the European Capital of Tradition, in Bulgaria, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Plovdiv is the primary Bulgarian city named to rejoice essentially the most prestigious cultural initiative of the European Union, together with the Italian metropolis of Matera as the dual European Capital of Tradition for 2019. (AP Picture)

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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Plovdiv, the oldest metropolis in Bulgaria, has been formally inaugurated because the European Capital of Tradition for 2019.

Some 50,000 individuals gathered on a central sq. Saturday to observe the opening present dubbed “We’re all colours” with 1,500 native and international artists on a number of levels.

Squeezed between the Balkan and the Rodopi Mountains, Bulgaria’s second-largest metropolis has survived for 1000’s of years on the crossroads between Western Europe and the Center East.

Plovdiv claims to be the oldest frequently inhabited European metropolis, with greater than 6,000 years of historical past. Proof of that may be seen in lots of architectural landmarks relationship again to Thracian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman instances.

Plovdiv is the primary Bulgarian metropolis to turn out to be a European tradition capital. It shares the title with the Italian metropolis of Matera.

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